Friday, January 13, 2012

Hero Hostesses Blog Hop

Hi and welcome to your next stop in the Hero Arts 2012 Catalogue Blog Hop with the Hero Hostesses!

You should have arrived here from Anita’s blog. She is so talented and fun, I can’t wait to go hopping myself and see what she has created! If you find a broken link, you'll find a master list of the hop links at the Hero Club Blog. Also, if you happen to come across any broken links, please report them to Tami.

Don’t forget to leave comments as you hop! Hero Arts will be awarding prizes from randomly drawn comments. For a chance to win, simply comment on ANY of the stops along the hop on ANY day, including each day’s starting post at the Hero Club Blog. The more comments you leave, the better your chance of winning! Good luck!

The Hero Arts 2012 catalogue is packed full with fab stamps to suit every style you could possibly imagine. I had so much fun getting inky with the stamps the ever generous Hero Arts sent me to play with. Usually I give details of how I’ve made a card, but I’ve omitted that today as my post is quite long as it is, so please feel free to email me if you have questions about any of the cards. Now on to what I got up to with the new stamps!

I love flowers and knew I had to get the Newspaper Tulips K5576 stamp as soon as I saw it. Tulips come in so many colours and I’ve had a great time trying out lots of different colours on the Newspaper Tulips, so quite a few of my family\friends will be recieving tulip cards soon!

With all the great elements in this adorable Right at Home set - the house, picket fence, framed picture, kite, cloud and sentiments, I just couldn’t resist it and will be using these images on cards for all different kinds of occasions.

I absolutely LOVE the new Greetings set CG414 and can imagine using both stamps in so many different ways. On this card I teamed the butterfly thank you stamp with a background stamp I use over and over again – Old Letter Writing S4878

A big thanks too to Tami and Deborah for all that they’ve done in organising the hop and of course the Hero Hostesses for all the amazing projects they have created – girls you’ve been so inspiring and have made my shopping list a lot longer!!

Last but not least, a big thanks to you too for visiting and now it’s time for you to go hopping again. At your next stop you will visit the super creative Tracey! Enjoy the rest of your hopping, I’m off to do some hopping too!

346 comments:

Oh, Heather! Your cards have brightened my day! You have used such a variety of styles and each one done beautifully! I love the little house card and think I need to have that set! Thanks for sharing your amazing talent! Hugs

Oh WOW Heather what can I say. I love all your cards and there's the fabric again, you are so clever and creative!!! I really love how you have used the Geetings set, it must be a popular stamp as so many of the hostesses have used it and in so many different ways!!Your card is breathtaking I love your colour palette.HugsSally.P.S your fabric hearts are to die for, so in vogue too!!

Heather, I have been so looking forward to your post today and you exceeded my expectations! LOVE your little scene with the house (can't believe you fussy-cut that fence - beautiful work!) and your stuffed heart and button creation is so fun! Love how you mix fabric and paper, sista!!

Cotton upholstery fabric! OMG I love it! I knew when I saw the title of your blog I would love your projects! My sewing machine is set up right next to my stamp area! I constantly worry about getting embossing powder all over it! Thanks for your ideas! And I will definitely try die cutting the fabric! I assume you adhered it to a strong chipboard first?

WOW Heather! I love all your cards! I love how you cut out the tulips, I never thought of that! :> Love your home card such a great idea to do a wall hanging inside! And love what you did with the greetings set, love those colors! :> Great job Heather! And thank you so much for your kind words!

What an amazing post for the hop, Heather! I knew I would just adore every card you created! You are so clever and talented! LOVE The tulips on the fabric - gorgeous! Isn't that picket fence soo cute? Adorable card! And the "wall with picture frame" card is so creative! The colors and layers of your last card are gorgeous, and I love the way you showed your puffy, fabric hearts on top of the new catalog - so fun! Fabulous job today, my friend! Hugs to you! :)

INCREDIBLE!!!!!!! I love love each card and project! You are amazing to come up with so many fabulous creations!I like how you used the Greeting Stamp with soft colors and white embossing!! Stunning card! Thanks so much for the eye candy, Heather!

WOW, Heather! These are fantastic - my mouth is open as I'm scrolling down at each wonderful creation....so many wonderful things to comment on! Your textures, design, colors, scenes AND then the inside of your home card....WONDERFUL!!!

Heather, what a versatile stamper you are! You go from classy to cute to gorgeous to utterly precious! I think my favorite of all is the first card, the newspaper tulips...I love the colors and beautiful paper-piecing! Great job!

Wow Heather you made some pretty amazing cards here. I love them all with their fun and happy designs but that last one is totally stunning. Like drool worthy, with all it's romance and distressing. Thanks for sharing and for being in this hop to inspire and challege us. Hugs.

I see tulips! Beautiful colors and design. Great house scene and wow the inside looks like old fashioned wall paper on the walls, clapboard bottom and a nice homey plaque on the wall. Hard to pick favorites, but I love the romantic Greetings card - perfect colors and gorgeous butterfly.

Oh Heather, your cards are always so happy and so well designed, I love them all! I adore your shabby butterfly card, those colors are fabulous! And the inside of your cheerful Home card is just an excellent surprise! Wonderful!

Some wonderful cards. I like the first one with the embossed white swirly background and then the newspaper tulips and the way you have stamped them on the fabric and added the petal part on top. All amazing cards.